Translation guide
Describes having two identical alleles for a gene. In Japanese, this is a technical term primarily used in genetics and biology.
The standard scientific meaning: an organism is homozygous for a trait when it has two copies of the same allele.
The most common technical term, used as a noun or with の to modify nouns.
This individual is homozygous for that gene.
A synonym using kanji, often seen in formal written contexts.
Kanji version of homozygote; less common than ホモ接合体.
Heterozygous is ヘテロ接合 (hetero setsugō) or 異型接合 (ikei setsugō). The pair ホモ/ヘテロ is very common in Japanese scientific writing.
ホモ接合のマウスは病気を発症した。
The homozygous mice developed the disease.
A homozygote inherits the same allele from both parents.
Specifically refers to a homozygous organism or cell (homozygote).
We compared homozygotes and heterozygotes.
Calculate the frequency of homozygotes.
Is this locus homozygous or heterozygous?
These terms are highly technical. In everyday conversation, you might explain the concept instead: 「両親から同じタイプの遺伝子を受け継いでいる」(inheriting the same type of gene from both parents).